Sale: 562 / 19th Century Art, Dec. 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 132


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Edward Theodore Compton
Gletscherplateau, 1909.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000

 
$ 27,500 - 38,500

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Gletscherplateau. 1909.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower right. Various handwritten numbers and inscriptions verso on the stretcher, and with a label. 112 x 192 cm (44 x 75.5 in).


• Spectacular glacier panorama with an atmospheric appeal.
• Picturesque and highly varied execution in nuanced colors, loose brushstrokes and fine glazes.
• Compton, the enthusiastic mountaineer of the early days of alpinism, is considered the leading mountain painter
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PROVENANCE: Private collection, Bavaria (acquired in 1983, family-owned ever since).

LITERATURE: Jürgen and Sibylle Brandes, Edward Theodore Compton. Maler und Bergsteiger, Munich 2007, p. 312 (with deviating dimensions).
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Sotheby's, London, auction on March 25, 1981, lot 243 (illustrated).

Called up: December 7, 2024 - ca. 13.41 h +/- 20 min.





Buyer's premium and taxation for Edward Theodore Compton "Gletscherplateau"
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Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
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Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
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